David Allen Russell

David Allen Russell (10 December 1820-19 September 1864) was a Brigadier-General in the US Army who commanded the 7th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment during the American Civil War. He was killed at the Battle of Opequon in 1864.

Biography
David Allen Russell was born in Salem, New York in 1820, the son of congressman David Abel Russell. He graduated near the bottom of his class from West Point in 1845, having been appointed to the school by his father, but he was brevetted for gallantry and meritorious service at the Battle of Cerro Gordo during the Mexican-American War. He was later promoted to Captain in 1854 after fighting against the Native Americans in the Pacific Northwest. In 1861, he was commissioned as Colonel of the 7th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment at the start of the American Civil War, and he fought in the Peninsula Campaign, the Seven Days' Battles, and the Battle of Antietam before being promoted to Brigadier-General in late 1862. In 1864, he was mortally wounded by a shell fragment at the Battle of Opequon, and he died on 19 September at the age of 43.